Airbag for your engine..

HighVoltage · 07-08-2009, 09:34 AM

http://www.sae.org/mags/AEI/6503

carve · 07-08-2009, 11:15 AM

I wouldn't call it an airbag for your engine...basically it lifts the nose to level and provides 2x the friction against the road that brakes alone can provide. Very clever idea. If they can do this a significant fraction of a second before an accident, I'd also like to see bumpers mounted on springs and some sort of shock or energy absorber to provide another 6-12" of crumple space before the body even STARTS to deform. This would be a big safety improvement, and also would dramatically lower repair costs from "fender benders".

blue2fire · 07-08-2009, 11:33 AM

I expect to see this in the next generation of the best car than money can buy.

HighVoltage · 07-08-2009, 11:43 AM

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Originally Posted by carve

I wouldn't call it an airbag for your engine...

It was just a cheap tactic to draw attention...

Bumbers with shocks has been done before, many years ago. Unfortunately there can be severe consequences in the event of a fire.

carve · 07-08-2009, 03:06 PM

Yeah...but not DEPLOYABLE bumpers. It doesn't have to be a normal shock, either...it could lock into and crush a permenantly deformable materiel, like a honeycomb.

What happened in fires?

HighVoltage · 07-08-2009, 03:17 PM

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Originally Posted by carve

Yeah...but not DEPLOYABLE bumpers. It doesn't have to be a normal shock, either...it could lock into and crush a permenantly deformable materiel, like a honeycomb.

What happened in fires?

ragingclue · 07-08-2009, 04:19 PM

so the bumper exploded and injured a firefighter? That's not good.

Garduna · 07-08-2009, 05:04 PM

I'd like to see this so called airbag deployed in a crash test

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carve Major 190 Rep 1,105 Posts Drives: 335i Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: usa iTrader: (0)	Yeah...but not DEPLOYABLE bumpers. It doesn't have to be a normal shock, either...it could lock into and crush a permenantly deformable materiel, like a honeycomb. What happened in fires?
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Garduna Brigadier General 164 Rep 4,013 Posts Drives: Sedona 1er\|Yellow S3\|NardoTTRS Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Toronto iTrader: (5)	I'd like to see this so called airbag deployed in a crash test
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